US2002171418A1PendingUtilityA1

Arrangement for determining position, angle or rotational speed

Priority: Mar 21, 2001Filed: Mar 18, 2002Published: Nov 21, 2002
Est. expiryMar 21, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G01D 5/24409G01D 5/2451G01D 5/145
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Abstract

Arrangement for determining a position, an angle and/or a rotational speed by means of a sensor ( 1 ), which has at least one sensor full bridge with two half bridges ( 3, 4 ), and by means of an encoder ( 2; 11 ) with laterally alternating magnet poles, a sinusoidal magnetic field running through the sensor ( 1 ) in the event of a relative movement between the sensor ( 1 ) and encoder ( 2; 11 ) such that the two half bridges ( 3, 4 ) of the sensor ( 1 ) each supply a sinusoidal sensor signal (V 1 , V 2 ), and a sum signal (SUM) and a difference signal (DIFF) being obtained from these signals by means of forming sums and differences, respectively, which are evaluated in order to determine a position, an angle and/or a rotational speed.

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1 . An arrangement for determining a position, an angle and/or a rotational speed by means of a sensor ( 1 ), which has at least one sensor full bridge, with two half bridges ( 3 ,  4 ), and by means of an encoder ( 2 ;  11 ) with laterally alternating magnet poles, a sinusoidal magnetic field running through the sensor ( 1 ) in the event of a relative movement between the sensor ( 1 ) and encoder ( 2 ;  11 ) such that the two half bridges ( 3 ,  4 ) of the sensor ( 1 ) each supply a sinusoidal sensor signal (V 1 , V 2 ), and a sum signal (SUM) and a difference signal (DIFF) being obtained from these signals by means of forming sums and differences, respectively, which are evaluated in order to determine a position, an angle and/or a rotational speed.  
     
     
         2 . The arrangement as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a determination of rotational speed is undertaken using means ( 14 ) for determining the zero crossings of the sum signal SUM and/or the difference signal DIFF.  
     
     
         3 . The arrangement as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a magnetized layer with alternating magnet poles is used as encoder ( 2 ;  11 ).  
     
     
         4 . The arrangement as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the spacing (d 1 ) of the two sensor half bridges ( 3 ,  4 ) from one another is smaller than the length (λ) of a pair of poles of the encoder ( 2 ;  11 ).  
     
     
         5 . The arrangement as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a counter is provided for counting preferably the zero crossings of the sum signal SUM and/or the difference signal DIFF, such that it is possible to determine the position via a relative movement between sensor and encoder, which is longer than the length (λ) of a pair of poles of the encoder.  
     
     
         6 . The arrangement as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein in order to calculate a value of a position or an angle by means of an ARCTAN calculation, the arrangement generates a linear characteristic on which the value is determined, the ARCTAN calculation being performed according to the following equations:  
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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       where: 
 α: is the calculated angle,  
 V 0 : is the maximum amplitude of the signals V 1  and V 2 ,  
 V 1 : is the output signal of the first half bridge,  
 V 2 : is the output signal of the second half bridge,  
 phi: is the phase offset between the signals V 1  and V 2 , and  
 ωt: is the circular velocity of the signals V 1  and V 2 .

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